Television broadcasters and movie reviewers recently commented on the length of movies released during the holiday season. During the time of Old Hollywood, movies like Gone with the Wind and Sound of Music featured an intermission. The audience had a short break. Beginning in the 1980s, movies lost something. They lost minutes. They lost audiences, and… Continue reading Les Misérables Review
Month: December 2012
The Son I Raised
Son, I loved you from the moment you were born when they flew you on the helicopter to Charlotte. I drove and rushed to your side praying you'd be alright. Two-and-a-half years ago, I broke your trust. You and your brother will not speak to me. You will not acknowledge me on the street. Today… Continue reading The Son I Raised
What are 5 Reasons Adults are Thankful Christmas Comes Once a Year?
Courtesy of http://thumbs.dreamstime.com The holidays fill our hearts with ___. You fill in the blank. The holiday reality brings a variety of emotions to the forefront of our minds. For parents, they want to surprise their children and get extra sleep. For young adults, they're trying to figure out where the childhood magic of Christmas… Continue reading What are 5 Reasons Adults are Thankful Christmas Comes Once a Year?
Our Time: How We Celebrate Love
John and I on a short vacation to the Smokey Mountains in July 2012. Love is one of the hardest subjects. How do you approach love without composing corny clichés? What can you write to make your story real? Sometimes pieces and parts of your relationship(s) sneak into your writing. When J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the… Continue reading Our Time: How We Celebrate Love
Remembering Sandy Hook Elementary
The story is everywhere. You flip from one channel to the other, and you see the broadcast reporters in the same place: Newtown, Conn. The questions are the same. Why would someone shoot twenty children and six school staff? How could this happen? As artists, we seek to discover a character's motive for an action… Continue reading Remembering Sandy Hook Elementary
By the Drink Published
By the Drink was published Sunday by Blue Ridge Literary Prose. I was excited to discover the new online literary magazine. It is my first contemporary story to be published, and my fifth creative publication. I wrote the original draft of By the Drink in June 2011. It was the first contemporary story I considered… Continue reading By the Drink Published
Let’s Go to the Movies
Orphan Annie thought going to the movies was beyond her wildest dreams. During the Great Depression, the time in which Annie takes place, movies offered escapism. I can count on one finger how many times I've attended the movie theatre this year due to the economy. But, I have not missed a movie education. In… Continue reading Let’s Go to the Movies
What to do When Nervous Strikes
Courtesy of http://cartoonstock.com Faces transform into other appearances and shapes. They change from circles to ovals with a rectangular jaw. One after the other—I feel like I watch a parade of constant change goes by. I did watch a parade go by Saturday. By that afternoon, my gut turned green from changes in my schedule… Continue reading What to do When Nervous Strikes
Corrie's Season 